The Labor enquirer., 1887-01-01

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higher ana ndrs sensitive humanity
shrink in oovar{ {linea from TIT proper
claim,
Well, we(have|been educated into thil
tshjectness carefully and thoroughly ed
ucated into giving up our natural man
hood. And right here want to make
radical assertion, and fling It into tn,
teeth Of those sticklers for Eivilisatlor
who contemplate the mlilenhium from
our school, HOUSE steps. Humanity hal
not been, is not now. and never can b
evoked by educational processes. 1t il
something not born In school house
| it belongs to hnimalism, ID an endow-
mentof nature. The cave-dweller had
as large fund Of it as any Of US in the
nineteenth century. There is no pur
pose in education to-day except to make
successful robhers-to show them how
by arithmetic they can get ahead o.
their neighbord who are as human az
they and have the same rights by birth,
Never once is tn Q instruction given in
any school that man. simply because
he is thing Of human growth, has the
same right ad the man whose braini
have been polished by books. The
benefits that a man derives from college
are not for the world; thsY are for him
alone, first and foremost. and for bis
successful career in life. The other
man. whp has no chance to get an edu-
cation. must Be slave to the scholar.
But he is man all the same. The bur-
dock weed il not a rose, nor half so
beautiful but had it been raised under
the same circumstances of seed and soil
and cultivation it would not now be a
burdock, but d rose. Ii
Humanity ID not taught ii the schools,
and it is not taught anywhere else in
these times. Anarchy is the Only doc
trine that alaims humsnlty. The
mo her who fondly clasps her darling
boy and wax be his first knowledge Of
the alphabet while he fingers at her
knee, is forbidden to teach him human.
ity: her whole sconcernlis to furnish
him with b weapon Of education
whereby he may carve his v ay through
the ranks of community and get ahead
of all the rest. He is not armed to fight
with nature, but with men. She does
not want him to be equal-she wants
b m to be sui berior, and quickness of the
mind is the only thing helcan rely upon
for that. Therefore. she educates her
child notin ideas of love and fellowship,
but solely with a view Of his shining
brighter than other boys. I assert that
this is the end of her teaching, no mat
ter how much Sunday school talk may
be tn rown ih; and it all comes to this:
that gentle women. tender mothers, the
creatures who are the embodiment Of
our ideal in love and dnty, have moth
ing better I'd do in our civilization than
mold Young men into merciless beasts,
and train them to be pirates on the
ocean of col nmerce. It ID the statement
of shocking truth, and Il do not think
it can bs dl Improved by any facts.
Those who will not agree that l have
spoken correctly as to mothers in.
other babe will hardly dispute
the assertion that our whole business
life is process of throat-cutting. There
is a heap OF men, and they are all try
ing to pull up over each others should
ers. The struggle is intense-it is
deadly. The weaker ones sink and
make steps for those who are stronger.
Education is the greatest aid to a man
in the scra amble for life |; it is recognized
as the one lever more powerful than all
others. You would deny the common
and foretholght Of q mother
If you said she is blind to the necessities
that Ils ar pund the path way of her child
that is to become man.
The fundamental claim of Anarchy is
that the earth was designed for the use
Of those Who live in it. We came into
the world without being asked whether
we wante u to come OF not, and the fact
of being Here carries with it the right to
live and snjoy. In siite of education,
though largely bv its aid a portion Of the
people have realised the justice of the
claim have just stated, and those peo.
pie are call Anarchists. They demand
the right to live, and such. a demand
can nevet be made except it had already
been denied. If you say that it is not
denied, ask what makes 2.oOo'o 900 Of
tramps ih America that is called free
that's hne bit Of sarcasm!-and what
turns q worklngman into an idler and
then into criminal9 ? Nature in . free
state cahnot produce criminal. There
is no cure for crime but liberty, and in
q condition Of freedom there would be
no motive for men to steal. As the hu-
man being is the product Of natural
events, be moves by necessitv and has
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